An £86m-a-year deal, scoring outrageous goals and putting his injury nightmare behind him in the Saudi heat... how N'Golo Kante found his 'new lease of life' after starring role in France's opening Euro 2024 win
His July 2023 £86million-a-year deal with Al-Ittihad in Saudi Arabia seemed to signal his being sent out to pasture following a torrid spell with injuries in the latter stages of his time at Chelsea .